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INFO Facts and Figures
| All Ontario | INFO Facts and Figures (2007) | Southern Ontario Libraries | Northern Ontario Libraries | |||
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| 325 | public libraries in Ontario in total | 193 | 59% | 132 | 41% | |
| 77% | 251 | Ontario public libraries use the INFO interlibrary loan system (VDX) | 155 | 62% | 96 | 38% |
| 30% | 76 | INFO libraries borrow only | 10 | 13% | 66 | 87% |
| 70% | 175 | INFO libraries are lenders | 145 | 83% | 30 | 17% |
| 60% | 105 | INFO libraries provide live z39.50 access to their catalogues | 86 | 82% | 19 | 18% |
| 40% | 70 | INFO libraries provide their holdings in the INFO union catalogue | 59 | 84% | 11 | 16% |
| 271,307 | items were requested by Ontario public libraries | 237,558 | 88% | 33,749 | 12% | |
| 11% | 28,694 | of requested items were not satisfied | 22,549 | 9% | 6,145 | 18% |
| 89% | 242,613 | of requested items were borrowed by Ontario public libraries | 215,009 | 89% | 27,604 | 11% |
| 8% | 20,148 | of borrowed items came from non publics or publics outside of Ontario |
18,424 |
91% | 1,724 | 9% |
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233,671 |
items were lent by Ontario public libraries |
214,883 |
92% | 18,788 | 8% | |